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Dr Eugene McKendry

BA, MEd, MèsL, DASE, Dip. Sup. d'Etds Celts, PhD    
Lecturer (Education)
Director of NI Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research

Room 02.004
8 College Green
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast

Tel  +44 (0)28 9097 5948
Fax  +44 (0)28 9097 5066
Email  e.mckendry@qub.ac.uk

Leadership Roles:
 Director NICILT - Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research - http://www.qub.ac.uk/edu/nicilt
Co-ordinator of Modern Languages on PGCE programme

Teaching:
 PGCE Modern Languages course
MEd module: Modern Languages in Education: Policy and Practice 
MEd dissertation supervision
PhD supervision
EdD dissertation supervision


Research/Scholarship

Research/Scholarship Interests:
Language Learning and Acquisition. Language Policy. Language Teaching. Immersion Education.

Research/Scholarship Projects:
2009 European Universities Network on Multilingualism European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme  €70885 (QUB share)
2009 Lingu@net Europa European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme  €25,192 (QUB share)
2008 SCoTENS (Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South) Language Educators Conference   £4500
2005 International Models of Immersion Education Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta (Irish Medium Education Council) and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (Council for Irish Medium and Gaeltacht Education)  £21,992
2004 Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad (CRAMLAP) European Commission Co-ordinator €205,461 (Coordinator)

Recent Publications:

Book/Pamphlet
 McKendry, E. (2009) Immersion Education: An Introductory Guide for Teachers Publ. Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta. 37pp.

Book Chapters
McKendry, E. & Muller, M. Regional and Minority Languages in Higher Education Abroad: CRAMLAP Part II In Migration, Contact and Linguistic Areas – from the Russian Rivers to the North Atlantic. Studies:  Eurolinguistics Vol. 6, ed. by P. Sture Ureland. Berlin: Logos. [in press]
McKendry, E. (2007) Documents from the Carl Wilhelm Von Sydow archive in Lund University In Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica. Uppsala. Studia Celtica Upsaliensia, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Vol 6: 185-194
McKendry, E (2007). Innovation and Tradition in the Drama of Críostóir Ó Floinn In Celtic literatures in the Twentieth Century. Ed. MacMathúna & Ó Corráin. Moscow: Languages of Slavonic Culture. 157-182
McKendry, E. & Muller, M. (2007) CRAMLAP - Regional and Minority Languages Abroad Project In Language Contact and Minority Languages on the Littorals of Europe: Studies in Eurolinguistics Vol. 5, ed. by Sture Ureland, Anthony Lodge and Stefan Pugh. Logos Verlag Berlin. 83-92
Mac Éinrí, E. (2006). Ag Foghlaim na Gaeilge ag an Dara Leibhéal. Múineadh na Gaeilge ar Scoil sa Chomhthéacs Ilteangach agus Eorpach/ Teaching Irish at School in the Multilingual and European Context Conradh na Gaeilge/ Dept. of Education and Science (Dublin). 62-68.
McKendry E and Neil P (2006) Diversification and other aspects of Language provision in the Lower Secondary school in Northern Ireland In Language education in Ireland: current practice and future trends”, IRAAL (Irish Association of Applied Linguistics), Ní Ghallchóir (ed) 204-216
McKendry, E. (2003) Irish and curriculum review in Northern Ireland In Language Planning and Education’ Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics 6, Kirk JM and O Baoill DP(eds)
McKendry, E. (2001) Modern languages education policies and Irish in Northern Ireland In Language links: the languages of Scotland and Ireland”, Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics 2, Kirk JM and O Baoill DP(eds) 211-222

Peer reviewed journal articles
Mac Éinrí (2008). Teagasc Teangacha:Teoiric, Taighde agus Dea-Chleachtas Taighde agus Teagasc. Coláiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire. Vol 6: 229-234.
McKendry,E. (2007) Minority-language Education in a Situation of Conflict: Irish in English-medium Schools in Northern Ireland International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism , 1747-7522, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 394 – 409
MacÉinrí, E. (2003) Athbhreithniú Curaclaim i dTuaisceart na hÉireann in Ó Laoire, M. agus Ó Murchú, H. (eds.) Teagasc na Gaeilge Iml.8, Pages 91-104. Dublin: Comhar na Múinteoirí Gaeilge
McKendry, E. (200) Celtic languages in European Higher Education: CRAMLAP - Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad Project Journal of Celtic Language Learning Vol 11:55-69.

Other Articles
McKendry, E. Community languages in Northern Ireland In Community Languages Bulletin

Research Reports
McKendry, E. (2007). An Tumoideachas / Immersion Education Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta/ COGG (Belfast and Dublin)